SOME PRODUCTIVE WAYS OF COMPARATIVE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS TRANSFORMATION

Abstract

Aim. The purpose of the work is to identify the common and special features in the system of transformation methods of stable comparisons of different structural models, to compare the procedures for transforming the form and semantics of these units with the methods of transformation of phraseological units as a whole. Methodology. The article considers the factors that influence the richness and diversity of the author's methods of transforming stable comparisons; the problem is considered against the background of "non-comparative phraseology." The question is raised about the similarity and differences of the author's methods of transformation of two stable comparisons related to the comparative nest with the meaning-forming component камень. Methods of observation and generalization, descriptive method, method of analysis of dictionary definitions, contextual analysis, component analysis, statistical method are used. Results. The article presents an analysis of the features of comparative phraseological units' structure and semantics. During the study, the most productive ways of the author's transformation of stable comparisons that differ in lexical and grammatical expression of the figurative basis are considered. The most frequent procedures for transforming such units are identified, applicable to phraseology as a whole and special methods determined by the structural and semantic specifics of stable comparisons. The author concludes that stable comparisons have more flexibility both structurally and semantically than the main body of phraseological units. Research implications. The results of the research contribute to the theory of comparative phraseology, lexicology, and stylistics. They can be used as a theoretical basis for compiling dictionaries of the author's transformations of stable comparisons of the Russian language.

Keywords

• stable comparison
• comparative phraseology
• comparative nest
• author’s transformation
• image
• basis of comparison